I have lived in this country long enough to know that Nigerian politics is largely a fraudulent profession in which the political elite engage largely in public deception. From the First Republic until now I have not noticed any appreciable change of direction or tactics. From era to era they often come up with a […] More
LEADERSHIP SKILLS: The Art of Leadership Speaker: Mr. Aniebiet Udofia MPMI, FIPMN, FNIM, FCIL President “CILEAD” Rhema “Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.” (Proverbs 9 v 9) Two facts about leadership Aristotle, the Greek Philosopher who lived from 384-322 […] More
Vincent Aluu is an Akwa Ibom based Media/ PR profesional, Author, Publisher, Digital Marketer, Business Mgt/ICT Consultant & Blogger. As an essayist, public commentator/analyst and author, he has published hundreds of articles in both national and international journals. Mr Aluu who is a very cerebral scholar with a PhD in view recently published a bulk […] More
Today is a very special day in the life of Baba Richie Sleem as he celebrates another milestone of God’s faithfulness in his life. Sleem who is celebrating his birthday today is a consummate entertainer, singer, songwriter, motivator and ffashion ddesigner. As a thorough bred artist, dancer, performer and CEO, Talent House Music Baba […] More
We have lived with insecurity for years now. The sane assumption is that we should have learnt by now how to handle and tame the situation. But we have not because there is no designated war front since this is asymmetrical warfare. Even without a war front, the situation could have been handled differently if […] More
A young lady who is a friend of mine sent me a message to say that she was going to Dubai for a holiday. I sent a message telling her to “enjoy that beautiful place that patriotic people built for their country unlike this Hobbesian jungle in which we live.” By that time I […] More
Obong Victor Bassey Attah was born into a prominent family in Okop Ndua Erong, Asutan Ekpe in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria, on November 20th, 1938. His late father, Bassey Attah, was the second Nigerian ever to have a university degree in Agriculture and the first to obtain a Master’s degree in the same […] More
The doughty warrior, Attah, is today a registered member of the octogenarian club and this article is my tribute to this forensic warrior. Ray Ekpu In the Newswatch issue of March 8, 2004 I had written a column on Obong Victor Attah, who was the Governor of Akwa Ibom State then. In that article I […] More
